Samsung isn't new to the world of smartwatches; its first watch, the Galaxy Gear, came out in 2013. Since then, Samsung has added the Gear S2, the Gear S3, and the Gear Sport to its lineup, along with a slew of fitness trackers.

But this year is slightly different for a few reasons.

For one, Samsung will reportedly ditch "Gear" from the name and simply call it the Galaxy Watch. Samsung all but confirmed that that's the new name on Monday.

Though recent reports have hinted that Samsung might be abandoning its smartwatch operating system in favor of Google's Wear OS, that's most likely not the case.

According to reports from ZDNet and SamMobile, Samsung will be keeping its Tizen operating system for the new Galaxy Watch. That means the new Galaxy Watch is likely to have many of the same features as the Gear Sport and the Gear S3, like notifications, Samsung Pay, music, and alarms.

6/

Samsung's smart assistant, Bixby, will be built into the Galaxy Watch.

Mark Lennihan/AP

According to The Verge, Samsung's latest smartwatch operating system, Tizen 4.0, is likely to add support for Samsung's smart assistant, Bixby.

Bixby has had something of a fraught history. When the feature launched on the Galaxy S8 last year, it wasn't quite finished yet, and anyone who bought the phone was initially saddled with a smart assistant that couldn't perform many of the features Samsung had promised.

Since then, Bixby seems to have shaped up, though it still isn't on par with smart assistants like Google Assistant and Alexa.

7/

The Galaxy Watch will have better battery life than the Gear S3.

Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider

The Galaxy Watch is likely to get a few hours of extra battery life, thanks to a larger battery.

According to a post from the leaker Ice Universe, which we saw on 9to5 Google, the new watch will have a 470-mAh battery; compared with the 380-mAh battery in the Gear S3, the Galaxy Watch's larger battery should give it about two full days of battery life.

8/

The Galaxy Watch will have LTE support, and it will work with any carrier.

Samsung

Like the Apple Watch Series 3, the Galaxy Watch will have cell service, Droid Life reported, citing FCC patent filings.

Droid Life also noticed that the Galaxy Watch will work with AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon — so either Samsung plans to sell the watch through all four carriers or unlocked.

9/

The Galaxy Watch is set to be announced at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked and will most likely be released on August 24.

Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Samsung

The good news is that we won't have to wait long for the Galaxy Watch.

According to ZDNet, Samsung is planning to announce the watch alongside the Galaxy Note 9 at its Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event on August 9 and make it available on August 24.